HOUMA, LA (WVUE) -
A four-year-old girl died Tuesday night after she was attacked by a pit bull, according to the Houma Police Department.
The attack happened around 7 p.m. at a residence in the Highland Apartment Complex.
Police say the dog attacked the child inside an apartment and when the mother fought the dog off her child, the dog attacked her too.
The mother was able to get away from the animal and barricade herself in a bedroom where she screamed for help.